Dr. Nil Kamal Hazra is currently working as an Associate Professor at IIT Jodhpur. He obtained  his Ph.D. degree in Reliability Theory from IISER Kolkata. After completion of his PhD, he joined as a Visiting Scientist at ISI Kolkata. Then, he moved to South Africa to pursue his postdoctoral research career, and he joined as a Claude Leon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dept. of Mathematical Statistics at University of Free State, Bloemfontein. Then he started his professional career as an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Mathematics at IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai. After spending one year at IIITDM Kancheepuram,  he moved to IIT Jodhpur where he is currently working in the Dept. of Mathematics.

His current research interest includes Reliability Theory, Applied Probability, Robust Statistical Inference, Sequential Data Analysis and Time Series Analysis.

He has been appointed as an Associate Editor in leading statistical journals, namely, Opsearch, Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, Communications in Statistics-Simulations and Computations, and Communications in Statistics- Case Studies and Data Analysis.